THE SINGUR STANDOFF IS JUST THE MOST PROMINENT EXAMPLE OF HOW THE FALLACY OF ASSUMPTION CAN BE DANGEROUS IN A DEMOCRACY! WRITES ANIRUDDHA BANERJEE
Cashing in on the situation, the opposition parties, including Trinamul Congress, played with the emotions of farmers. Mamata Banerjee joined the movement staging huge protests against the Left’s allegedly forcible land-acquisition policy. With an ugly bloodbath of Nandigram on the backdrop, the popular media also abandoned any possibility of sympathising with the Left, with Tata Motors suffering unintended collateral damage. The Left government made its final attempt to safeguard the Nano project by deploying a sizeable security force in and around the factory. The move backfired with violence erupting en masse around the various affected areas, leading to a subsequent massive clampdown by the state government.
Ratan Tata was forced to call a press conference wherein he declared that he could no longer operate in Bengal under ‘constant threat.’ The Left was left with their jaws down when the Narendra Modi outwitted everyone and welcomed Ratan Tata to Gujarat [by sending a text message, or so the story goes] with promises of better facilities and maximum administrative support.
Over 33 years of uninterrupted power possession had made the Left unmindful of the basic factor of democracy that had kept them in power for long. It took just one Nano imbroglio for the state population’s perception to change – the Left has started crumbling; the Nano is far from it, brilliantly vibrant on the streets...
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Cashing in on the situation, the opposition parties, including Trinamul Congress, played with the emotions of farmers. Mamata Banerjee joined the movement staging huge protests against the Left’s allegedly forcible land-acquisition policy. With an ugly bloodbath of Nandigram on the backdrop, the popular media also abandoned any possibility of sympathising with the Left, with Tata Motors suffering unintended collateral damage. The Left government made its final attempt to safeguard the Nano project by deploying a sizeable security force in and around the factory. The move backfired with violence erupting en masse around the various affected areas, leading to a subsequent massive clampdown by the state government.
Ratan Tata was forced to call a press conference wherein he declared that he could no longer operate in Bengal under ‘constant threat.’ The Left was left with their jaws down when the Narendra Modi outwitted everyone and welcomed Ratan Tata to Gujarat [by sending a text message, or so the story goes] with promises of better facilities and maximum administrative support.
Over 33 years of uninterrupted power possession had made the Left unmindful of the basic factor of democracy that had kept them in power for long. It took just one Nano imbroglio for the state population’s perception to change – the Left has started crumbling; the Nano is far from it, brilliantly vibrant on the streets...
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Source : IIPM Editorial, 2012.
An Initiative of IIPM, Malay Chaudhuri
and Arindam Chaudhuri (Renowned Management Guru and Economist).
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An Initiative of IIPM, Malay Chaudhuri
and Arindam Chaudhuri (Renowned Management Guru and Economist).
For More IIPM Info, Visit below mentioned IIPM articles.
Prof. Rajita Chaudhuri's Website
domain-b.com : IIPM ranked ahead of IIMs
Arindam Chaudhuri's Portfolio - he is at his candid best by Society Magazine
IIPM Best B School India
Management Guru Arindam Chaudhuri
Rajita Chaudhuri-The New Age Woman
IIPM's Management Consulting Arm-Planman Consulting
Professor Arindam Chaudhuri - A Man For The Society....
IIPM: Indian Institute of Planning and Management
IIPM makes business education truly global
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